January 1, 2025

EU AI Act takes effect with February bans and August compliance deadlines

Europe's AI Act bans social scoring, requires Big Tech transparency by August 2025

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February 2, 2025: EU banned "unacceptable risk" AI systems including social scoring and real-time biometric mass surveillance

February 2, 2025: AI literacy training requirements took effect for companies deploying AI

August 2, 2025: General-purpose AI (GPAI) model requirements took effect, including transparency about training data

August 2, 2025: Penalty regime activated - fines up to 35M EUR or 7% of global revenue

August 2, 2026: Full AI Act becomes applicable

August 2, 2027: Extended deadline for high-risk AI in regulated products

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic signed the voluntary Code of Practice by August 2025

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The EU AI Act bans AI systems that use "social scoring" by governments.

The European Parliament approved the AI Act on ______ and it entered into force on ______.

High-risk AI requirements listed in Annex III take effect on August 2, 2026 under the EU AI Act.

The EU AI Act requires tech companies to label AI-generated content starting August 2, 2025.

When do the EU AI Act governance rules for general-purpose AI models like ChatGPT take effect?

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EU Commissioner for Tech Sovereignty and Security

Endorsed the Code of Practice in August 2025

Early signatories to voluntary compliance code